Cotton-picker.



No. 882,458. PATENTED MAR. 17, 1908.

G. H. & D. H. PEARY-:

COTTON PIOKBR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25, 1907.

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COTTON PICKER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25, 1907. 2 SHBETS SHEET 2.

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UHARLES FEARY AN 0 DANIEL H. FEARY, OF GUll-IRIE, OKLAHOMA.

COTTON-PIICKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 17, 1808.

Application filed November 25, 1907. Serial No. 403,802.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES H. FEAIRY and DANIEL H. FEARY, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Guthrie, in the county of Logan and Stateof Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCotton-Pickers; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to cotton pickers, and has for its object toprovide a cotton picker which is actuated by pneumatic suc tion.

Another object of the invention is to 11'0- vide a cotton picker of thiskind which is adapted to be combined with a traction engage to be easilymoved for operation between the cotton rows.

Another object is to provide a cotton picker of this kind which may beeasily and ewnomically operated, and which may be cconomicallymamltactured.

For thcse,and other objects which will appear, our invention consistsol'certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts of which the hereindescribed embodimcnt of our invention is illustrated.

We do not limit ourselves to the minute dctails hcrcin described, as thedetails, proportions and arrangements of parts may be greatly variedwithout departing from the spirittand scope of the invention.

in thc annexed drawings, in which like rcl'crcuco characters refer tolike parts througllout, Figure I is a side elevation of our cottonpicker shown attached to a traction engine; and Fig. 2 is a top planview of thc cotton picker removed from said engine.

As shown in the drawings, which are for illustrative pru'poscs only andnot drawn to any particular scale, our device comprises a foundationpla'tc, 1; a plurality of blowers, '2, placedthereon; suction pipes, 15,and a plurality of discharge pipes, 4, all .ncrging into a. larger pipe,5. The foundation plate 1 is mounted on top of and may be, it desired, apart ot' t.hc cab, 6, of the traction cnginc, 7, having mounted thereona horizontal engine, #4, with a fly whcel, $1. The fly wheel, t), isconncctcd as by a belt, 10, with a pulle v,'11, on a countcrshal't, 12.From the ramntcrshai't are passed bolts, 13,, for operating thecr-mtril'ugal fans, 14, of the blowers,

2, by means of he pulleys, 15, and the s rafts, 1b. 4

It will be noticed that the two inner fans are operated from the singleshaft, 16. The suction pipe 3 cmmnunicatcs with the center of the sideof the blowcr .2 and is passed forwardly over a supporting rack. 17, onthe forward-part ot the traction engine boiler. To the forward ends ofcach ol said pipes is attached a flexible rubbcr hose, 1b, which hangsdownwardly as shown and terminates in a nozzle, it), convenient to beheld by the hand. The discharge pipes, 4, are l'astened tal'lgcntiallyto the lower part of the blowers, 2, as shown, and pass rcarwardlv toconverge and merge into the larger pipe, 5. The large pipe 5 is providedbetween its rcar end and the point where said pipes -l join thereto,with a ilcxiblc coupling, go, adapted to allow such movement between thecnds ot' the pipe as is necessitated by the tlcxihlc connection betweenthe traction engine 7 and its tender, 22. )n the rear end ol the tenderis mounted a brace, 23, to support said pipe, 5. Under the discharge endol the pipe 5 and to thercar chit ol the tender )2 is attached a wagon,34-, adapted to receive the sccd cot- .ton as it is discharged from thepipe The traction engine 7 is provided, as is usual wit h tractionengines, with means by which the running gear and the power shaft may beoperated at the same time, or separately.

Cotton is harvested with our improved picker as t'ollows: The tractionengine, with the tender and wagon, are caused to move down the cottonrow b an engineer who will sit in the cab, (i. The ily wheel 5) causes,by means of the belt 10 and t3, the tans, 14, to exhaust the air in thesuction pipes, 3, torming a partial vacuum therein, the exhaust airbeing drawn by centrifugal lorcc out through the exhaust pipes, 4. Thenozzles, 19, are held by the hands of persons operating them in such away that the current of air passing therein, as indicated by the smallarrow in Fig. 1, will carr the Ii )0 seed cotton from the boll through tto nozzle 1), and between the belts of the fan, 14, and, finally,- outthe discharge end of thc ipe 5 into the wagon, 24. It will be noticedthat four suction nozzles are provided. These will be operated by fourpersons, one to each nozzle.

It is thought that the operation oi' our cotton picker will beunderstood without a morc extended description.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. in combination, a traction engine having a cab, a plurality of fanblowers mounted on said cob, suction pipes from said blowers passingforwardly over said traction engine, a brace for the forward end of saidpipes, flexible hose fastened on the forward end of said pipes,discharge ipes leading from said blower fans, said discl and merginginto a large rearwerdly extendingpipe.

in combination, a traction engine hava supporting brace mountedforwardly tnereon, a cab mounted to the rear of said traction engine,tender attached rearwardly of said crib, and a receiving-wagon attachedto the rear of said tender, a broad foundation plate mounted on saidcab, a plureality of blowers mounted on said foundation plate, eachblower consisting of an outer casing bearing a ournel in which ismounted for rotetion a shaft to actuate a fan contained iarge pipesconverging in said casing, the fans of two of said blow ers beingmounted on a single shalt, suction pipes leading from approximatel thecenter of a side of said casing forward y over said traction engine andsaid brace support, flexible hose communicating with tne forward wandsoi" said suction pipes, a nozzle on the free end of said hose, exhaustpipes leading tangentially from the lower side of said casings andconverging and merging into a larger exhaust pipe, 2 flexiblecoupling-between the ends of said larger exhaust pipe, a

port said larger exhsustpipe, whereby t e cotton will be directed intosaid Wagon, and means on said traction engine whereby said tractionengine may be caused to move between the rows. of cotton or not, atwill, while the fans are being operated.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hand in presence of tWosubscribing witnesses. i

A e CHARLES H. FEARY. DANIEL H. FEARY.

Witnesses DAVID N. Sownns, Grro BURST.

brace on the rear end of said tender to su

